The lady with the mop…Rebecca Sire was one of the oldest residents of St. Louis when she passed. She was President of the southern relief fair which raised over 140,000$ to be distributed to impoverished families in the south affected by the war.

I think the lady Sire is holding a torch, which has fallen and about to extinguish, as is life.

The type of grave with all the red flowers is a "cradle grave" - typically used for infants or stillbirths, so it's very kind to see that it is being maintained all these years later 💗

The ones made to look like a pile of stones represent a “cairn”, old burials often used cairns to keep wildlife from digging up graves. The “mop” is actually a torch pointing down, an old symbol of death.🖤🇨🇦

I would like to make a suggestion, when you are showing the gravestones etc could you linger a little longer on the persons name as find a grave often has so much information on them and their families, a rabbit hole which I often fine I have gone down. Thank you for doing this.

The grave you state is " is a lady with a mop " it's not a mop . She is holding a torch with a flame still burning even though it has fallen . Since Rebecca Sire raised money for families in the South after the civil war , I think torch still burning , even though it has fallen is representative of the south . They may have lost the war , but their spirit still is alive , I.e. the flame .

A flashlight is helpful in reading the old tombstones.

Wow these are beautiful! Really, really beautiful. The bronze one was just amazing. The architecture is gorgeous! 🖤 Loved taking this little walk with you!

While I can appreciate the effort put in..the graphic that leads into the video reads "CEMEMTARY" and the whole vibe given off is lacking education and respect in some ways..again, not trying to be that jerk but these are still deceased folks and some reverence and research should be observed. Thanks for the video!

When a headstone says the person "sleeps" it means they are at rest while awaiting the resurrection with the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is disrespectful to say "I hope they weren't burried alive," and other such comments.

I always visit old graveyards when I go on a vacation. Guess I am strange and jagged too.

6:21.....is it a mop...or a torch ? The shaft does not look like that of a mop. If it is a torch...it means the flame of life has been put out.

The grave marker with the eye, hands and triangle means that the man was Free Mason.

My town has a big old cemetery ,that I find grave markers that I haven't seen before .every time I make a trip to see family relatives graves.I find new ones .

Sidney Rowland Francis was a trader on the floor of the Chamber of Commerce, he rapidly became one of the most successful traders in grain and produce in St. Louis.

Alot of famous people burried there. MR.Clark was of the Lewis and Clark expidtion.

I just found your channel today I love graveyards .my granny used to take me and my sister all the time when we were young and my stepdad did too.we had to put flowers on our ancestors graves.I live a couple blocks from where my mother in law is buried so I go all the time with my lil dog.im going to be buried right by her..I want to get a bench so my grandkids could come and visit me when I'm gone.

Love very old cemeteries. They are unique, showing personality and an art that is DEAD from the most uguly,close together,every grave looks the same. These are not CREEPY 🕊🇺🇲💕

Hello! Great Video! I love the Flair of these old Cemeteries! In 12:40 you asked, if the three "s" are a Mistake. No, its not a Mistake, its a German Word - they put together two Words "Schloss" and "Stein" so now its written "Schlossstein". The German Language ist very very complicated . . . Greetings from Austria!

I hope y'all get around to posting more videos like this soon. Loved this walk with you. So respectful and kind. ❤

The grave at 9.05 without a death date has 3 links below the hands which is the emblem of The Independent Order of Oddfellows started in Manchester England x

I think for William Clark, the animal head opposite the buffalo is a wolf, not a lion...the face/head is more pointed and canine-like.

You ought to be more respectful of those people who were loved by their families. Try not to be so flippant. You probably don’t mean to be but that is not haw it comes across.

17:00 Thursday, June 20, 1974, p. 4 Active Wickenburg resident Brad Blossom died Friday June 14 at Wickenburg Community Hospital of Cancer. Blossom, 62, was born and educated in St. Louis and graduated from Amhurst College in 1934. He worked as an investment broker in the 1930's and founded Master Plastic Corporation which furnished parts for the aircraft industry in the 40's. He sold his interest in 1952 and the following year married Eleanor Barrows Waterbury. He moved her and her family to St. Louis where he operated an insurance agency until 1960. He was a winter visitor to Wickenburg since 1953 until 1960 when he established a home here. He was active in several small businesses and in 1967 he was a founder of Hydroculture, Inc., a pioneer firm in hydroponic growing. He served as Vice-President and Director of that Company until his death. He is survived by his mother and brother in St. Louis, his wife and two adopted children and five grandchildren.

I thought the lady with the mop, was'nt a mop, but a flaming torch lowered in respect. I am probably wrong!

Awesome video thanks for sharing

Loved the video until 24:52 when you tried to see inside the above ground grave...Please be more Respectful of Someone's Final Resting Place.

Not a mop but a torch....her flame has gone out.

The PX symbol is a Catholic symbol for Christ. You see it in many Catholic churches.

Great video. I’m drawn to old graves at our cemeteries here whenever I go most from between 1830-1940. I think they just want someone to say hi!

I’m so thrilled to find this channel because I LOVE to visit cemeteries. You can learn so much about the people who are buried there and the grave art and epitaphs are amazing. Wherever I travel I try to visit the local cemetery, even when I’ve traveled to foreign countries.

The weepiing angels are stunning! I don't think I've ever seen those before. I wish the cemetary would restore and keep the monuments up, but I expect that cost falls to the famiily and not everyone there has family that want to pay to restore an old grave of some relatives they never knew. Such a shame - they deserve to be preserved.

11:35 that is THE Lewis and Clark burial site. And that symbol is one I recognize from growing up in a Lutheran church.

Rebecca West Sefton Sire, looked her up, "First married to August Rene Chouteau (the grandson of explorer Pierre Chouteau), Rebecca then married Captain Joseph A. Sire after Chouteau's death. She spent countless hours caring for the wounded soldiers of both the North and the South during the Civil War, even taking untold numbers into her own home. She served as President of the Southern Relief Fair, often spending her own funds". Probably moping up after the aftermath.

In Bellefontaine and Calvary's old embrace, Where time has left its weathered trace, There lies a realm of ancient grace, Where strange and eerie headstones pace. Among the shadows, tombs arise, Their secrets hidden 'neath dark skies, With marble faces and silent cries, They stand as sentinels, ancient and wise. Creepy and beautiful, their forms entwine, Inscribed with tales from a bygone time, Markers of souls now lost to rhyme, Yet their presence lingers, a spectral chime. Beneath the moon's ethereal glow, Whispers of the past gently flow, As grave robbers once dared to sow, Their greed in soil where spirits grow. But among the moss and ivy's vine, A sense of peace begins to shine, For though the living may decline, These old graves hold stories divine. So wander with us through the night, Where tombstones gleam in eerie light, In Bellefontaine and Calvary's sight, Where old cemetery graves ignite.

The Captain Clark gave was something else ❤️

Intriguing and the music is intriguing! Causes me to follow you some more…

Those bronze are amasing. Litle graves always make me so sad, died way to young. Hardly had a life to live

LUKE 8:52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

the grave with the eyeball on the stone indicates membership in the masons.

The Bible says we don't die we sleep until second coming

Beautiful grass there. Well kept. Listening to the birds.

If you use thin paper lay on the writing and then use charcoal pencil on the paper often you can make it out.

The curved stone grave toppers have nothing to do with grave robbers. It indicates that that person was buried in a vault.

awesome walk around 🙏💫🕊️

All cemeteries should be cared for. A person's final resting place. At least that is what one thinks .The law needs to protect those who can no longer protect themselvesn

I think that was a torch instead of a mop. I've seen another statue similar to that with an extinguished torch but can't remember where.

You supposed to be reverently at cemetery!

Enjoyed the tour and loved your commentary ha

'Weep not, she is not dead but sleeperh' is a Bible quote. Look up Talitha, Cumi.

"...She is not dead but sleepeth." Quoting Jesus regarding the maid he raised from the dead. Luke 8:52

Wow really cool cemetery lots of amazing monuments and mausoleums. Just found your channel. I also video cemeteries and graveyards in Ireland 🇮🇪

Graveyard = "Hallowed" ground for that denomination. Cemetery = burial spot for anyone.

The stone cutter's cemetery in barre Vermont is a really beautiful cemetery and the tombstones are something else.

Love this video…right up my alley.. great job..

Loved your commentary!

Beautiful cemetery

I love going to old cemeteries and reading the head stones,I took my boys with me,when they started dating my eldest said “Mom did you know that girls don’t like to go to old cemeteries “

If you're near Fall River, Massachusetts, visit Oak Grove cemetery. It has the graves of Lizzie Borden, as well as her father and stepmother. It's located near the main entrance. Can't miss it, as it has a towering family monument on the site.

The Schlossstein is a family name, and is originally from the middle Europe as an ex Germany. Schloss means Castle Stein means stone, put together make 3 SSS.

If such a place can be beautiful this is …. By the way I’m sure the lady wasn’t ‘ buried alive ‘ .. it just means she is at rest with the lord before her resurrection .

My granddaughter and I love going to cemeteries, we try to find the oldest and youngest. We have a lot of fun

I think the statue with the mop signifies the mopping up of the tears shed for her.

If you want to do a road trip. Come to Chicago. Graceland Cemetery is beautiful and had a lot of historical figures. There are also quite a few graves that have interesting stories attached. I love Graceland, it's all that and more!

Amazing cemetries. Love the weeping angels.

The very least you could do is some reach on the graves you visiting … I’m appalled at you didn’t spend more time at the Lewis and Clark memorial….

Can you just imagine how beautiful and expensive some of these gravestones and statues were back when they lived ??? The cost must have been so very expensive... And then compare that money into todays day ...gosh. just simple gravemarkers are expensive now...!!!

Europe has the most beautiful old cemeteries

What a lovely cemetary. And the birds chTting

That big angel is beautiful!! Nice cemetery.

Same I love looking at all of the headstones 🪦 and I like to look at the kids grave

I watch alot of these videos with others like Faces of the Forgotton, and you really do give a awesome presentation, but I think you need to spend just a little time with the ones you stop at and try to read whatever is there, like the Lewis and Clark site, it would of been awesome for you to read what was the side of that huge stone, that beautiful white marble it looked to be, just beautiful.....you are great with the little inserts you write, gives a laugh....keep up the good...and keep going to these beautiful places.

The one with the hooded robe that you said was blacked out, you could see a face as you moved the camera back. Creepy!

I love cemeterys😊

A simple trick to reading tombstones that are not legible is to rub all purpos flour over the area. Doesn't hurt anything and the rain will wash it away.

The music in the beginning reminded me of the movie version of Flowers in the Attic

Have you covered grave shelters/houses/sheds? I'm looking for a playlist and Findagrave virtual cemetery. Have you heard of the Association of Gravestone Studies? We used to be members. They can tell you what each of the symbols carved into the tombstones mean.

The lady with the 'mop'...It is not a mop it is an inverted lit torch which means the flame of life has been extinguished.

the long stone over the grave is called a wolfstone. it's to protect from wild animals digging.

Just be careful not to bring anyone home with you.

Hola- I don't mean to pick the fly crap out of the pepper but its an American Bison not Buffalo. Good video thanks

I love going to graveyards but my husband thinks it’s sick. And now I’m in a wheelchair but I do get to my family members.

I enjoy the forgotten cemetery's

Im a new subscriber, i love old cemeteries and the headstones and especially mausoleums, weeping angels are my favorite too. Thanks for sharing this beautiful cemetery. Although sad to see that a few were broken ( with age)

Amen!Thou they are dead yet shall they live.

I like the video very much. I also like your replies thanking people for information. I subscribed.

The lady is not holding a "mop"; it is a lowered torch, symbolizing extinguished life.

The symbol at 11:51 is chi-rho christos coming from ancient Greek when Emperor Constantine was ruling between 306-337. I like the graves I just want to help you.

That is not a mop. It is an inverted torch. It is a common cemetery symbol. A lit torch signifies immortality. An inverted torch symbolizes the passing of the soul to the next life.

You can take paper and pencil to rub the writing on the stones out by turning the pencil sideways.

You'd love mount hope cemetery in Rochester NY. Thank you for the interesting video. Its good to know im not alone in appreciating the cold beauty of these places. One grave at mt hope i can think of is jack the rippers. A few books were written about a suspect who relocated to roch, continued some killings and passed away without being charged.

My guess is that the "mop" is a torch that is lowered to symbolize her light has gone out. Cool channel content 👍

The Last name SCHLOSSSTEIN , is authentic originated in the USA in 1800s no mistakes are make here... please have some respect, thank you

It's well maintained better than the other gaves yard in middle of nowhere

The "mop" is actually a torch that she is extinguishing, meaning her time has ended. The symbol on the celtic cross at 11:51, is for the Lutheran church. The children's grave is for John and Julia Sarpy. He is in an invalid chair and she in a crib. The mother was the daughter of one of the founders of St. Louis The fathers name was John L. Sarpy.

The symbol on the grave headstone of X AND P is The Chi-Rho symbol, is an anagram - a combination - of the first two letters of Christ in Greek, the Chi (our CH) and the Rho (our R). The Chi looks like an X and the Rho looks like a P. In the time of the Roman Empire and in medieval Europe, these two Greek letters written together stood for Christianity, the way the New York Mets’ logo has the N and the Y on top of each other. So the Chi-Rho is like a logo for Christianity.

schlossstein is german for castlestone

We find peace walking in graveyards.. Although there is one in Houston not sure of the name but it's been nicknamed blue light cemetery. It's been on unsolved mysteries for being haunted. As kids we use to go out there all the time. Seen lots of strange things there... It's off 1960 and cypresswood

You should come to El Paso, Texas, and do a segment on Concordia Cemetary. A lot of the graves were removed to make the 1-10 freeway.

Slow down and let us read names and inscriptions